Poison indicator



.Fufly 22 1924. 1,502,620

H. FLEISHER POISON INDICATOR Filed June 16. 1922 INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented July 22, 1924.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY FLEISHER, F GAMBRILLS, MARYLAND.

POISON INDICATOR.

Application filed June 16, 1922. Serial No. 568,749.

To all whom it may concern: adapted to be driven into a cork 4 of a Be it known that I, HENRY FLEISHER, a bottle 5 to support the device in upright pocitizen of the United States, residing at sition on the bottle. A cork screw 6 is piv- Gambrills, in the county of Anne Arundel oted between a pair of ears 7 on the top of 5 and State of Maryland, have invented new the plate. Thus either the cork screw or and useful Improvements in Poison Indithe pointed member can be swung over upon cators, of which the following is a specifithe back of the plate when not in use. The cation. face of the plate can be painted or other- The object of this invention is to provide wise marked to represent a skull, as shown 50 10 a device which is adapted to be attached in Figure 1.

to a bottle containing poison or other in- It will thus be seen that the dangerous jurious substance for indicating the nature nature of the contents of a bottle provided of the contents of the bottle ,'thus preventwith my device is clearly indicated and the mg a person from taking some of the conbottle cannot be mistaken for any other 1 tents through mistake. either when in a lighted room or in the Another object of the invention is to prodark. If an attempt is made to open the 1 vide the device with a point so that it can bottle during the night the hand striking be driven into the cork of the bottle and also the device will readily feel the contour of the with a cork screw. device and thus a person will know that 60 v This invention also consists in certain he has picked up the wrong bottle. When other features of construction and in the the bottle is empty the device can be placed combination and arrangement of the several on a new bottle by simply withdrawing the parts, to be hereinafter fully described, ilpointed member from the cork and placing lustrated in the accompanying drawings and it in the cork of a new bottle.

specifically pointed out in the appended It is thought from the foregoing descripclaim. tion that the advantages and novel features In describing my invention in detail, refof my invention will be readily apparent. erence will be had to the accompanying -I desire it to be understood that I may drawings wherein like characters denote like make changes in the construction and in the 70 or corresponding parts throughout the sevcombination and arrangement of the several views, and in which eral parts, provided that such changes fall Figure 1 is a view of a bottle showing my within the scope of the appended claim. device in use. What I claim is Figure 2 is a rearview of the device with A device of the class described compristhe cork screw in operative position. ing a plate made in the form of a skull As shown in these views the device is and cross bones. ears at the bottom of the Y formed of a plate 1 which is made in the plate, a pointed member pivoted between form of the well known skull and cross said ears, ears at the top of the plate and bones. A pair of ears 2 is formed at the a corkscrew pivoted between said ears.

4 bottom of the plate between which is iv- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

otally secured a pointed member 3 whic is HENRY FLEISHER. 

